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Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Death of Joselito, a Gipsy Prodigy

The fifth bull of the show was bilador, the dancer. And dancer had a prob with his vision. The matador whirled his cape to turn the horns away from him but it wouldhave worked on any other bull with normal vision. But bilador's bad eye guided his horns right through the cape to bury themselves in joselito's body. His last words were reportedly, quote, mam, drowning. Juan belmonte, deprived of his competitive foil and shattered by the death of his friend,. retired from bull fighting two years later, in 19 22.

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